Emergency shelter for homeless families with children opening in Orange

HomeAid Orange County spent more than a year searching for a building to turn into an emergency shelter that could serve as a safe, temporary haven for homeless families with children.

The organization scoured Orange County before finding the right place in a light industrial area, close to public transit and near the Orange Police Department: an empty building whose owner held indoor workouts for his daughter’s softball team.

HomeAid bought the Citrus Street building for $1.7 million and began converting it into a shelter in September.